Push ups or weight lifting?

[Al B. Sure!]

KH:

8 hotdogs costs 1.29
a pack of bologna costs 1.79

that three dollars worth of food can last for days.

[Urban Ranger]

You put junk in your body, you end up being junk.

[KrazyHorse]

A dozen eggs cost 1.19
You can get chicken breast for 2.00 a pound on special and put it in the freezer

And 8 hot dogs (without buns?)and a pack of baloney will not last for "days"

Maybe 1 day.

I spend 25$ a week on food, and I eat whatever I feel like, including steak one day a week and eggs, milk, cereal, rice, chicken, potatoes, fruit and salad the rest of the days.

[Al B. Sure!]

i call you ***** cause you are what you eat?

[Al B. Sure!]

I spend 25$ a week on food, and I eat whatever I feel like, including steak one day a week and eggs, milk, cereal, rice, chicken, potatoes, fruit and salad the rest of the days.

Canada sure is a magical place...

but yeah looks like i need some tuna. peanut butter is good too right?

[KrazyHorse]

Canada? I'm talking about the US. Baltimore in particular.

[KrazyHorse]

Peanut butter? Blech.

[Ted Striker]

yeah it's good just make sure you are eating enough fibre

try peanut butter with apples

it is the bomb dude i am telling you. the apples will give you fibre too so the peanut butter doesn't clog up your system

that is a powerful snack

[Al B. Sure!]

i've had peanut butter on apples before... after you core out the seeds in the middle, you put peanut butter up in the gap...

and by the way, why was this necessary?

it is the bomb dude i am telling you.

calling something the bomb got old in 96

[lightblue]

Basics of an athlete's (and by extension a weightlifters) diet:

Pasta (preferably wholewheat) and high glycemic index breads (bagels and the like) for carbs
Tuna, chicken (not reprocessed) and eggs for protein
Fresh vegetables (side salad low on fatty dressing is one of my favs)
Water
Milk
Fruit juice for vitamins
Bananas as in between snacks

Increase carbs consumption if you do a lot of cardio work, increase protein if you do lot of strength work. Use protein and/or carb supplements (and others but asking Vlad would be better than me saying things here) to decrease the amount of food you have to take in.

This is what our nutritionist lined out for us at the beginning of the season for rowing. I supplement this with a protein/carb powder thing as well as creatine and chrondroitin/glucosamine capsules. The latter aren't necessary if you are just doing some weights instead of serious competitive training.